Table 4.
Key alphabet performance indicators in 2020*
Alphabet | Number of alphabet users, mln people | Share, % |
---|---|---|
Latin | 3159.5 | 40.2 |
Indic scripts (all) | 1774.3 | 22.6 |
Hieroglyphs | 1617.3 | 20.6 |
Arabic | 745.8 | 9.5 |
Cyrillic | 255.8 | 3.3 |
Abugida (Ge’ez script) | 125.6 | 1.6 |
Hangul/Chosongul (Korean script) | 78.5 | 1.0 |
Others (Greek, Hebrew, Armenian, Georgian, etc.) | 94.2 | 1.2 |
Total | 7851.0 | 100.0 |
*According to the author.